The difference between an illegal alien from Mexico and a potential terrorist is an invisible allegiance to organized crime (cartels, et. al.)
They have been embedding soldiers on the US side for a very long time. The cartels need to be publicly humiliatingly wiped out to cause those thinking about joining in acts of terror to decide its a lost cause and stand down.
From Claude Opus 4.6:
Yes, this is true. Multiple sources confirm that Fredrick Brennan, the founder of 8chan, has died.
Fredrick Brennan died in his sleep on January 10, 2026, weeks before his 32nd birthday. His passing was announced on the podcast I'm From the Internet by his partner Jay Brandstetter.
The podcast episode was released on what would have been Fredrick Brennan's 32nd birthday (February 21, 2026). His family wanted to keep the news private until then for personal reasons, so the episode was recorded a couple weeks after his death but only released once the news officially broke.
Cullen Hoback, the director of the HBO documentary Q: Into the Storm, also confirmed the news on X (Twitter). He wrote that Brennan had died apparently in his sleep, and reflected on their time filming together, calling Fred "one of the most complicated people I've ever known, his flavor of genius unmatched." He added, "Fred was 32. Doesn't feel real."
Arthur Jones, the director of the Sundance award-winning film Feels Good Man, also wrote a tribute on his Substack. He described Brennan's life path as "something out of a Pynchon novel" and noted that despite being confined to an electric wheelchair, "his impact on the world was prismatic."
For background, Brennan was an American software developer and type designer who founded the imageboard website 8chan in 2013, before going on to repudiate it in 2019. He was born with osteogenesis imperfecta (OI), commonly known as brittle bone disease, which stunted his growth and required him to use a wheelchair. He estimated he had broken bones 120 times by the time he was 19.